diff --git a/include/linux/idr.h b/include/linux/idr.h
index 3639a28188c9..1eb755f77f2f 100644
--- a/include/linux/idr.h
+++ b/include/linux/idr.h
@@ -55,6 +55,32 @@ struct idr {
 }
 #define DEFINE_IDR(name)	struct idr name = IDR_INIT(name)
 
+/**
+ * idr_get_cursor - Return the current position of the cyclic allocator
+ * @idr: idr handle
+ *
+ * The value returned is the value that will be next returned from
+ * idr_alloc_cyclic() if it is free (otherwise the search will start from
+ * this position).
+ */
+static inline unsigned int idr_get_cursor(struct idr *idr)
+{
+	return READ_ONCE(idr->cur);
+}
+
+/**
+ * idr_set_cursor - Set the current position of the cyclic allocator
+ * @idr: idr handle
+ * @val: new position
+ *
+ * The next call to idr_alloc_cyclic() will return @val if it is free
+ * (otherwise the search will start from this position).
+ */
+static inline void idr_set_cursor(struct idr *idr, unsigned int val)
+{
+	WRITE_ONCE(idr->cur, val);
+}
+
 /**
  * DOC: idr sync
  * idr synchronization (stolen from radix-tree.h)
diff --git a/net/rxrpc/af_rxrpc.c b/net/rxrpc/af_rxrpc.c
index 2d59c9be40e1..5f63f6dcaabb 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/af_rxrpc.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/af_rxrpc.c
@@ -762,16 +762,17 @@ static const struct net_proto_family rxrpc_family_ops = {
 static int __init af_rxrpc_init(void)
 {
 	int ret = -1;
+	unsigned int tmp;
 
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct rxrpc_skb_priv) > FIELD_SIZEOF(struct sk_buff, cb));
 
 	get_random_bytes(&rxrpc_epoch, sizeof(rxrpc_epoch));
 	rxrpc_epoch |= RXRPC_RANDOM_EPOCH;
-	get_random_bytes(&rxrpc_client_conn_ids.cur,
-			 sizeof(rxrpc_client_conn_ids.cur));
-	rxrpc_client_conn_ids.cur &= 0x3fffffff;
-	if (rxrpc_client_conn_ids.cur == 0)
-		rxrpc_client_conn_ids.cur = 1;
+	get_random_bytes(&tmp, sizeof(tmp));
+	tmp &= 0x3fffffff;
+	if (tmp == 0)
+		tmp = 1;
+	idr_set_cursor(&rxrpc_client_conn_ids, tmp);
 
 	ret = -ENOMEM;
 	rxrpc_call_jar = kmem_cache_create(
diff --git a/net/rxrpc/conn_client.c b/net/rxrpc/conn_client.c
index 60ef9605167e..6cbcdcc29853 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/conn_client.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/conn_client.c
@@ -263,12 +263,12 @@ static bool rxrpc_may_reuse_conn(struct rxrpc_connection *conn)
 	 * times the maximum number of client conns away from the current
 	 * allocation point to try and keep the IDs concentrated.
 	 */
-	id_cursor = READ_ONCE(rxrpc_client_conn_ids.cur);
+	id_cursor = idr_get_cursor(&rxrpc_client_conn_ids);
 	id = conn->proto.cid >> RXRPC_CIDSHIFT;
 	distance = id - id_cursor;
 	if (distance < 0)
 		distance = -distance;
-	limit = round_up(rxrpc_max_client_connections, IDR_SIZE) * 4;
+	limit = max(rxrpc_max_client_connections * 4, 1024U);
 	if (distance > limit)
 		goto mark_dont_reuse;